Finale Quick Look Plug-in

WARNING! This feature was removed in Finale v26. Please only refer to this article when using Finale v25 and earlier.

The Finale Quick Look Plug-in adds previews of your document in the following places:

Finder

  • Icon Previews. By default, a thumbnail preview of the file replaces icons for Finale documents.
  • Quick Look. Select a file in the Finder and press SPACEBAR to see a preview of the file. Use the scroll bars to move from page to page.
  • Cover Flow. Click the Cover Flow button in a Finder window to see previews of all files in the folder. Hover over the file preview to show navigation buttons that allow moving from page to page in a file.
  • File Information. Select a file and press COMMAND+I to bring up the File Information Panel. The preview section contains a preview of the file.

Finale

  • Open dialog box. Click a file in the Open dialog box to see a preview of the file.